Tenured Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]Phone: (86)10-62753823 Office: N426, Physics Building
Professional Preparation B.S. in Space Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2001 Ph.D. in Space Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2008
Academic Appointments 2014 – present: Tenured Associate Professor School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China 2014: Associate Researcher Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2008 – 2014: Assistant Researcher Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2006 – 2008: Visiting Researcher Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, USA 2004: Visiting Scholar Center for Space Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Awards Chinese National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award
Professional Activities Referee (2006-present), Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, Geophysical Research Letters, Planetary and Space Science, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Science in China, Chinese Science Bulletin, Advances in Geoscience Proposal reviewer (2012-2014), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Tohban (duty officer, 2008-2014), NASA’s THEMIS mission Editor’s Assistant (2006-2007), Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics
Selected Publications (see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user="HBOUnMoAAAAJ&hl=en for full list)
Zhou, X.-Z., Z.-H. Wang, Q.-G. Zong, R. Rankin, M. G. Kivelson, X.-R. Chen, J. B. Blake, J. R. Wygant, C. A. Kletzing, Charged particle behavior in the growth and damping stages of ultralow frequency waves: Theory and Van Allen Probes observations, J. Geophys. Res. Space Phys., 121, 4, 3254-3263, doi:10.1002/2016JA022447, 2016
Zhou, X.-Z., Z.-H. Wang, Q.-G. Zong, S. G. Claudepierre, I. R. Mann, M. G. Kivelson, V. Angelopoulos, Y.-X. Hao, Y.-F. Wang, and Z.-Y. Pu, Imprints of impulse-excited hydromagnetic waves on electrons in the Van Allen radiation belt, Geophys. Res. Lett. 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL064988, 2015.
Zhou, X.-Z., V. Angelopoulos, J. Liu, A. Runov, and D.-X. Pan, Asymmetric braking and dawnward deflection of dipolarization fronts: Effects of ion reflection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL061794, 2014.
Zhou, X.-Z., V. Angelopoulos, A. R. Poppe, J. S. Halekas, K. K. Khurana, M. G. Kivelson, S. Fatemi, and M. Holmstrom, Lunar dayside current in the terrestrial lobe: ARTEMIS observations, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi:10.1002/2014JA019842, 2014.
Zhou, X.-Z., V. Angelopoulos, A. Runov, and J. Liu, On the origin of pressure and magnetic perturbations ahead of dipolarization fronts, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi:10.1002/2013JA019 394, 2014.
Zhou, X.-Z., V. Angelopoulos, A. R. Poppe, and J. S. Halekas, ARTEMIS observations of lunar pickup ions: Mass constraints on ion species, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 118, 1766-1774, doi:10.1002/jgre.20125, 2013.
Zhou, X.-Z., V. Angelopoulos, A. Runov, J. Liu, and Y. S. Ge, Emergence of the active magnetotail plasma sheet boundary from transient, localized ion acceleration, J. Geophys. Res., 117, A10216, doi:10.1029/2012JA018171, 2012.
Zhou, X.-Z., Y. S. Ge., V. Angelopoulos, A. Runov, J. Liang, X. Xing, J. Raeder, and Q.-G. Zong, Dipolarization fronts and associated auroral activities: II. Acceleration of ions and their subsequent behavior, J. Geophys. Res., 117, A10227, doi:10.1029/2012JA017677, 2012.
Zhou, X.-Z., V. Angelopoulos, V. A. Sergeev, and A. Runov, On the nature of precursor flows upstream of advancing dipolarization fronts, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A03222, doi:10.1029 /2010JA016165, 2011.
Zhou, X.-Z., V. Angelopoulos, V. A. Sergeev, and A. Runov, Accelerated ions ahead of earthward propagating dipolarization fronts, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A00I03, doi:10.1029 /2010JA015481, 2010.
Zhou, X.-Z., V. Angelopoulos, A. Runov, M. I. Sitnov, Z. Y. Pu, and Q.-G. Zong, Ion distributions near the reconnection sites: Comparison between simulations and THEMIS observations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A12211, doi:10.1029/2009JA014614, 2009.
Zhou, X.-Z., Z. Y. Pu, Q.-G. Zong, P. Song, S. Y. Fu, J. Wang, and H. Zhang, On the error estimation of multi-spacecraft timing method, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3949-3955, 2009.
Zhou, X.-Z., V. Angelopoulos, A. Runov, M. I. Sitnov, F. Coroniti, P. Pritchett, Z. Y. Pu, Q.-G. Zong, J. P. McFadden, D. Larson, and K.-H. Glassmeier, Thin current sheet in the substorm late growth phase: Modeling of THEMIS observations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A03223, doi: 10.1029/2008JA013777, 2009.
Zong, Q.-G., X.-Z. Zhou, Y. F. Wang, X. Li, P. Song, D. N. Baker, T. A. Fritz, P. W. Daly, M. Dunlop, and A. Pedersen, Energetic electron response to ULF waves induced by interplanetary shocks in the outer radiation belt, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A10204, doi:10.1029 /2009JA014393, 2009.
Zhou, X.-Z., Z. Y. Pu, Q.-G. Zong, and L. Xie, Energy Filter Effect for Solar Wind Particle Entry to the Magnetosphere via Flank Regions during Southward Interplanetary Magnetic Field, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A06233, doi:10.1029/2006JA012180, 2007.
Zong, Q.-G., X.-Z. Zhou, X. Li, P. Song, S. Y. Fu, D. N. Baker, Z. Y. Pu, T. A. Fritz, P. Daly, A. Balogh, and H. Reme, Ultralow Frequency Modulation of Energetic Particles in the Dayside Magnetosphere, Geophy. Res. Lett., 34, L12105, doi:10.1029/2007GL029915, 2007.
Zhou, X.-Z., Q.-G. Zong, J. Wang, Z. Y. Pu, X. G. Zhang, Q. Q. Shi, and J. B. Cao, Multiple Triangulation Analysis: application to determine the velocity of 2-D structures, Ann. Geophys., 24, 3173-3177, 2006.
Zhou, X.-Z., T. A. Fritz, Q.-G. Zong, Z. Y. Pu, Y.-Q. Hao, and J.-B. Cao, The cusp: A window for particle exchange between the radiation belt and the solar wind, Ann. Geophys., 24, 3131-3137, 2006.
Zhou, X.-Z., Q.-G. Zong, Z. Y. Pu, T. A. Fritz, M. W. Dunlop, Q. Q. Shi, J. Wang, and Y. Wei, Multiple Triangulation Analysis: another approach to determine the orientation of flux ropes, Ann. Geophys., 24, 1759-1765, 2006.
